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Reviews of Guesthouse Narakomachi

2 out of 5
Guesthouse Narakomachi
41-2 Surugamachi, Nara, Nara-ken

Reviews

9.2

Wonderful

Rating 10 - Excellent. 358 out of 535 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 149 out of 535 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 21 out of 535 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 4 out of 535 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 3 out of 535 reviews" "

9.6/10

Cleanliness

9.6/10

Staff & service

8.2/10

Amenities

9.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.6/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

8/10 Good

Tara

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Staff was super friendly and helpful and kind. Also, speedy response to emails. Very thankful.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Timothée

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Friendly, easy to find, close to the station, flexible staff, easy self checkin. Worth every penny!
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

daniel

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Easy Nara trip
Check in was easy. If you are doing a solo trip. Its close to the train station and easy walk to Nara Park
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023

10/10 Excellent

Nancy

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Very convenient and comfortable place. Super friendly staff and close to everything!
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2023

8/10 Good

Debra

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great location.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Perfect Guesthouse
Loved all the attention to details and the cozy, at home feel.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2020

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Awesome place to stay after hanging out with Deer
Great place and Great Host!
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
A comfortable stay in Nara.
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
This property is very easily reached on foot from the Nara station: just walk out the exit, take a right down the street until you see the AB hotel, then take that road until you read the “Guesthouse Narakomachi” in huge letters on the building. I let them know that we would arrive after 22h, and the instructions for entering the building and my room were taped to the entrance, just waiting for me! And, the staff waited for me anyhow, until I arrived at 23h30. The room was very clean, with a fresh, bright bathroom: toilet, sink, shower, laundry-hanging facilities. The staff were amazing in the morning, too. We got lots of tips for our one-day visit, and rented bicycles with locks, for 500¥/day. Wow! Great way to Beetle around Nara! This is a compact, beautiful town, and we of course lived the deer: national treasure who love eating out of your hands, often bowing before and after!
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great place to stay.good location. Easy to find from Station.staff very helpful.if you want to ezperience a taste of how people live in Jaoan try this pkace.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2019

10/10 Excellent

CLH, Maine, USA

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Super convenient.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2019

8/10 Good

Maral

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It was a nice room, very clean and quite. They have small kitchen area near reception, you can make coffee or tea there. They also had microwave and small fridge, so was convenient for storing my matcha icecream! The room wasn’t big but it was still acceptable. Mattresses were comfortable. The toilet sound insulation was not so great because it was traditional paper door. Otherwise good.
Stayed 1 night in May 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We travelled for 5 weeks through South Korea and Japan and this was one of our favourite guests houses... make sure you rent bikes!!! Nara is perfect by bike
Stayed 1 night in May 2019

10/10 Excellent

Kawah

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in May 2019

10/10 Excellent

PD, London

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This guesthouse is very close by the station, just a short walk away. Lovely place, very clean and well decorated room. Absolutely loved the stay there. Amenities were great, easy to get to temples and Nara park from the guest house. Very clean and staff very helpful. Would stay again.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2019

8/10 Good

Jenna, Minneapolis

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in May 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Stayed 4 nights in Apr 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Feather doona and soft pillows that are nit made of plastic beads like other hotels. Close to station so convient when dragging luggage. Nice, friendly and welcoming service.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Very close to station. Was able to leave luggage early.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Stayed 1 night in Jan 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Stayed 1 night in Jan 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely little place which provides a very warm and comforting stay. The staff were great and the room was very clean. I would recommend this place to any friends looking to stay in Nara as it is not only affordable but also high quality.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2018

10/10 Excellent

Ian, Richmond

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very cute, very friendly staff, not many bells and whistles but that's what I expected when booking. The rooms are very nicely decorated and feel super cozy, they have tea and water available downstairs. Really great place for a very reasonable price, honestly one of my favorite places I stayed in my trip to Japan, absolutely would recommend.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2018

10/10 Excellent

Ivan, Singapore

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice private bunk bed room with basic amenities and nice host at reasonable price . Walking distance of around 5-7mins from JR NARA station
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
It was very clean and comfortable room near form Higashiyama station.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2018

10/10 Excellent

Peter Donald

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Definitely worth a stay .
Absolutely loved Nara as a family of 4 . Great place to ride bikes . Unfortunately our last night/2 days in Japan . It’s very chilled after the big cities. Great last impression!
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2018

10/10 Excellent

Christopher

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
SuperB hostel in Nara
Nara Komachi was a fantastic hostel. I stayed here one night in a private double bed room. The room was clean and the bed was the best I had in Japan. The staff was friendly and the hostel is 5 minutes walking to the train station of Nara and 15-20 minutes to Nara Park. Recommended.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2018

10/10 Excellent

Catriona

Great stay in Nara
I had a short 2 day stay before attending a conference in Kyoto. Nara itself is a lovely place and I’m very glad I visited. The guesthouse is ideally located for JR Nara and is a pleasant and easy walk to everywhere you’d want to go. I stayed in a ‘Japanese style’ room (slightly different from ryokan I’ve stayed in). It was clean, comfortable and excellent value. The staff have excellent English and are happy to explain things (I.e. air con controls which are in Japanese!) and kindly illustrated a city map for me with all the best places to visit. I really enjoyed my stay here and highly recommend, especially for student/budget travellers looking for somewhere affordable but still quiet, clean and comfortable. It has everything you need. For visiting Nara, I’d recommend trying a tour with Nara Guide Club. My guide (Yukinori Kawabe) was a retired primary school teacher who was a wonderful ambassador for his city and helped me get the most out of my short visit without simply trekking from one tourist hotspot to the next. It’s free, and a great way to learn about the area, it’s history, culture and people from someone who really knows!
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2018

10/10 Excellent

Tess, UK

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Friendly and welcoming guest house
A very comfortable and clean room.Staff were kind and helpful. Convenient for visiting Nara attractions.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2018

8/10 Good

Meghan

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disliked: Cleanliness
Cute hotel in a great location
This was an awesome location and beautifully furnished room with chairs and bunk beds. Was a very comfortable mix of a traditional ryokan and Western hotel room. We were in walking distance of all the best areas in Nara and rented a bike from the hotel one of the days we were there. The only gripe I had was some hairs were found in the top bunk area so the cleanliness could be improved.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2018

10/10 Excellent

Terence

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very modern, well designed inn. Room was a decent size, with a bathroom that uses small space in a functional way. Room was comfortable, the staff member we dealt with (owner?) was very friendly, took our bags up to our room after we dropped them (before check-in), and offered a selection of anime to read etc. I can see why this place has such great reviews, we would definitely stay here again!
Stayed 1 night in May 2018

10/10 Excellent

Shuyan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
This is one of the best stays I have had in Japan. As I arrived at Guesthouse Narakomachi (very conveniently located near the JR Nara Station), I was warmly greeted by the staff. They provided some recommendations as to where to go in Nara, which I found extremely helpful. The Japanese-style room was very comfortable, and amenities were simple yet sufficient for a pleasant stay. Cleanliness was maintained to a very high standard. Overall, I'd highly recommend this place to stay in Nara.
Stayed 1 night in May 2018

10/10 Excellent

Nathalie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in May 2018

8/10 Good

Geeman, Pelham, Ontario

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Fine for the money
Small guesthouse, close to train station. Not much to offer, except cheap rate. room tiny, with the bathroom area separated from bed space by a glass window; if you need privacy, then you can pull down a window shade. There is no closet space, no window to look out, although the bath space has a small opaque window for a bit of light. The bed was fine, and hot water for shower plentiful- have to wait a few minutes. The mini-sink has only cold water. They provide one, very thin, warn bath towel. Common space, including entrance and hallway is cluttered.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2018

6/10 Okay

Deborah Anne

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2018

10/10 Excellent

cadan, hawaii

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great location
This was the perfect spot. Close to the public transportation which made it easy to get to. We rented bikes for only 500 yen a day from the guesthouse and road all over Nara Park. The room had its own shower and bathroom. Everything was super clean and very stylish.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2018

10/10 Excellent

Ali, Dublin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great location near Nara station. Lovely room with really comfortable bed. The man at reception was was very nice and helpful, giving us lots of information about the area and things to see and do. We also hired bikes from him for a bargain ¥500 for the day. Would definitely recommend!
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2018

10/10 Excellent

Murni

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Feels home.
The hotel personel provide useful information about the surrounding area for sightseeing. You’ll be welcome back with warm drinks and pastries in the evening after your day trip outside, it is a personal touch of the accomodation.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2018

10/10 Excellent

c, australia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely staff and clean rooms. Highly recommend to anyone staying in Nara
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2017

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great stay in Nara
Modern rooms with comfy beds which is a great advantage, lovely people who run the gueshouse and are there for you, central location. Highly recommend it!
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2017

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good location and nice owners.
Good location for sights and transfer bus from airport. The ability to drop off our bags was really helpful ahead of the room being ready. The owners were helpful and loaned us a socket converter. Welcoming reception with small kitchen and some seating with the ability to grab a free dring. Room was small but very functional for a shirt stay. We would stay again.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2017

10/10 Excellent

Sean S O

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Value for money, convenient location
5-minute walk from JR Nara Station which also has a bus station. Very easy to find and in a quite location. We stayed in the Japanese-style room. The owner speaks excellent English. He brought our luggage to our room and show us our room. Room comes with attached bathroom & toilet. Computers & free flow of coffee and tea at the lobby. There is a well equipped kitchen. There is also bicycle for hire. Convenience stores, supermarket & restaurants within a 5-minute walk. Within walking distance to Nara Park. We left our luggage at the reception and went to Nara Park early in the morning. Would stay there again without hesitation. The bathroom sink is a bit small but this is common in Japan.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2017

8/10 Good

Gigi, Australia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
a friendly home style guesthouse
I love the friendly staff and they speak well English who also explained to me how I should visit Nara. my room is clean and it does feel like home. however the sound proof of the room is not so well and I could hear people started at get up from 6am.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2017

8/10 Good

david

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
For the price this was a good place to stay, staff were friendly and helpful. The room was clean and the bed was very comfortable (best sleep I had in 2 weeks :)), good location near the station and a few mins walk from the shops and restaurants
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2017

6/10 Okay

He Yu

Liked: Cleanliness
OK but will not come again
The good thing is location, close to the JR Nara station, within 5min walking distance. It's clean, nice staff. But the building looks like temperary building of two floors, no lift.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2017

10/10 Excellent

Naomie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
I booked a private room, and it was great. The guesthouse is located 5 minutes of walking from Nara Station and everything is within walking distance. The walls are a little thin, but the beds were comfortable and everybody went to sleep early. The hosts are very helpful and spoke great english. I would definitely recommend this guesthouse if you go to Nara!
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2017

10/10 Excellent

Darren

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great place in Nara!
Guesthouse Narakomachi was a wonderful place to stay. Within walking distance to public trans, shops, restaurants, museums and temples. The rooms were great and comfortable. A modern designed room to fit most any needs. There was a kitchen that had everything you needed. Free coffee/tea in main lobby. The host was very hospitable and accommodating. Wish we would have stayed longer.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2017